Victor Navasky's Naming Names

1. "A Note on Vocabulary"
2. "Elia Kazan and The Case for Silence"
3. "Degradation Ceremonies"
4. "The Social Costs"

A general description of Hollywood blacklisting goes nicely with Navasky's study. William Douglas had much to say about the climate of fear and recrimination created by name-naming. Read more on the friendship of Elia Kazan and Arthur Miller, strained by naming names. Note, too, that Peter Seeger was blacklisted.

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